LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Difficult Launch at Exmouth
At 5.30 in the morning of 15th January, 1938, the life-boat station at Exmouth, Devon, was informed that rockets had been seen off Lyme Regis, and it was decided to launch the motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton. A gale was blowing from...
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All on a Winter's Night
I WAS just finishing my tea and con- gratulating myself that we had no calls for a fortnight, although it was winter and a stormy one at that, when the news came. There was a loud, sharp knock at the door. Bess (my wife) looked up from...
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The long view
One hundred years on from the sinking of RMS Titanic we are reminded of the continuing perils of the sea with the recent with the Costa Concordia
Both incidents involved loss of life, with...
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The S.S. Esbo (1)
Barrow, Lancashire ; Maryport, Cumberland; Ramsey, and Douglas, Isle of Man, October 19th.—On the 18th October the s.s. Esbo, of Helsingfors, left Preston in ballast for Finland. Bad weather was encountered, and the Esbo got into...
For Those In Peril on the High Street
A new' mascot' for the Eastbourne branch was unveiled when lifeboatmen boarded a completely different form of transport.
Eastbourne Buses has boosted publicity for the local lifeboat by having one of its buses... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituaries
Peggy Bibby-Cheshire MBE - Great Yarmouth and Corleston guild President and Honorary Life Governor Simon Campbell - former Yarmouth Second Coxswain James Dyer - former Teignmouth Crew Member Ernie Eves - former Scarborough Crew Member Peter...
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Visit of the Deputy-Chairman and Sir Gerard Noel to St. Abbs, Dunbar and Skateraw
THE management and the practical working of a great national service like that of the Life-boat demand the constant attention of the technical officers of the Institution ; and these, under the direction of the Chief Inspector of Life-boats,...
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New Life-Boats and Additional Stations
SCARBOROUGH.—The local Life-boat Association at Scarborough having recently joined the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the establishment was at once completely renovated, and a new boat—32 feet long, and rowing 10 oars, which had been...
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Eros and the Escort Vessel Challenger
NOVEMBER 3RD. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 7 P.M. a message was received from the Kinnaird Head coastguard that a wireless call for help had been received by way of the R.A.F. Station at Rosehearty. The life-boat crew were assembled and...